City record, California WARN filings

Bakersfield Layoff Notices, Fiscal Year 2016-2017

Benjamin Eghbali, Esq.Legal notes by Benjamin Eghbali, Esq.

Every WARN notice filed by employers in Bakersfield since July 2014: 175 notices and 18,917 workers, searchable and sorted newest first.

Every WARN notice filed with the California EDD since July 2014: 17,562 notices, 8,284 employers, 1,453,182 workers.

Layoff notices in Bakersfield at a glance

Bakersfield employers have filed 175 WARN notices with the EDD since July 1, 2014, naming 18,917 workers. The most recent notice is dated Oct 19, 2026. 41 of the notices show fewer than 60 days between notice and effective date outside the 2020 COVID window; the 60-day rule explains what that gap can mean for the workers involved. Since the EDD began reporting industry in 2026, the sectors filing most here are Manufacturing (1,742 workers), Mining Quarrying Oil and Gas Exraction (53 workers), Transportation and Warehousing (34 workers).

Notices in fiscal year 2016-2017, newest first

7 notices, 534 workers. Show all years.

WARN notices in Bakersfield
EmployerNotice dateEffectiveWorkersTypeDays notice
Grimmway FarmsMay 23, 2017Jul 28, 2017217Layoff, permanent66
Braden Partners L.P., dba PacificMay 12, 2017Jul 7, 2017170Layoff, permanent56 under 60
Freeport-McMoRan Oil & Gas LLCJan 31, 2017Mar 31, 20172Layoff, permanent59 under 60
Pacific Gas and Electric CompanyJan 11, 2017Mar 18, 20171Layoff, permanent66
Freeport-McMoRan Oil & Gas LLCDec 30, 2016Feb 28, 201731Layoff, permanent60
First TransitOct 31, 2016Dec 31, 201691Closure, permanent61
DCS Facility ServicesJun 30, 2016Aug 31, 201622Closure, permanent62

Largest layoffs in Bakersfield since 2014

EmployerNoticesWorkersLatest
Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream74,695Oct 19, 2026
Dryer's Grand Ice Cream22,030Sep 20, 2023
Nestle USA, Inc.21,448Oct 1, 2018
Ensign United States Drilling Inc.2850Mar 27, 2020
Randstad Inhouse Services, LLC3820Sep 23, 2026
Basic Energy Services, Inc.4768Aug 17, 2021
Adventist Health Bakersfield11576Jun 25, 2026
Grimmway Farms2418May 3, 2018
Haddad Bashirtash Group2373Mar 24, 2020
California Resources Corporation10335Feb 17, 2026
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.7251Dec 2, 2019
Golden State Drilling, Inc.2234Apr 8, 2020
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance1230Aug 27, 2021
CarMax Bakersfield1196Apr 8, 2020
Kern Radiology Imaging Systems, Inc.1173Jan 31, 2019
Braden Partners L.P., dba Pacific1170May 12, 2017
Chevron3164Aug 22, 2025
C&J Well Services, Inc.1161Dec 2, 2015
Bill Wright Toyota (Service)2150Mar 24, 2020
AMERICAN KIDS SPORTS CENTER1150Mar 17, 2020

Bakersfield by fiscal year

Fiscal yearNoticesClosuresWorkers
2026-2027761,830
2025-20261451,490
2024-20251361,151
2023-20242542,377
2022-2023832,180
2021-20221191,196
2020-20211631,074
2019-20203862,630
2018-20191051,509
2017-2018421,161
2016-201772534
2015-2016132833
2014-201591952

Local help after a layoff in Bakersfield

A WARN notice is the start of a paper trail, not the end of your rights. Workers in Bakersfield bring WARN back-pay claims in the Superior Court of the county, and the agency routes for the questions that usually travel with a layoff are the same statewide: unpaid final wages and vacation payout go to the Labor Commissioner, discrimination in who was selected goes to the Civil Rights Department (three years to file) or the EEOC (300 days). Our Bakersfield employment law page covers the local courts, agencies and deadlines. See also all notices in the county. Free, confidential review: (800) 371-3088.

Source: California EDD WARN reports, July 2014 to Oct 27, 2026. County and city are as stated on the notice; for 2014 to 2017 filings, where the EDD listed only a city, the county is assigned from that city. Back to the layoff tracker.

About this data: Notices come from the California Employment Development Department WARN reports (fiscal years 2014-2015 to today) and are reloaded from the EDD every Tuesday and Thursday. Employer names appear as the employer wrote them on the notice, grouped where the names clearly refer to the same company. A notice is not a finding that any law was broken. This page is general information, not legal advice about your situation.

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